In December 2007, along with ve other architectural firms, OMA was invited by Chels eld deputy chairman Sir Stuart Lipton to consider the potential of the Commonwealth Institute site. OMA?s proposal sought to save the grade II* listed building by reinjecting life into the modernist monument, the new home for London?s Design Museum, while retaining its distinctive copper roof and parabolic form. OMA with Allies and Morrison were the architects responsible for the design of the refurbished structural shell and external envelope of the building. The project required a close working relationship with Design Museum interior architects, John Pawson.

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Architects: OMA, Allies and Morrison
Location: Kensington High St, London, United Kingdom

Interior Architecture: John Pawson

Area: 110000.0 ft2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Philip Vile, Nick Guttridge, Luke Hayes, Courtesy of OMA, James Harris

Client: Chels eld with Ilchester Estates and the Design Museum

Facades/ External Envelope/ Structure/ Landscape: OMA and Allies and Morrison with Arup Engineering and West 8 Landscape Architects

Structure/ Core/ Building Envelope: Chels eld with Mace

Oma Partner In Charge: Reinier de Graaf

Oma Director: Carol Patterson

Oma Project Architects: ...